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Dr. Tassos Anastassiades is a Clinician Scientist Emeritus and Professor of Medicine at Queen's University. He completed his clinical training at McGill Royal Victoria Hospital and conducted his PhD work at Rockefeller University in New York. Dr. Anastassiades has served as the Head of the Division of Rheumatology and has provided significant local and national leadership in arthritis clinical care and research. His research has focused on the metabolism of connective tissue, emphasizing the repair of damaged cartilage and bone. He has developed chemically modified glucosamines that show pronounced protective effects on bones in animal models of destructive arthritis and osteoporosis. His work also includes modifying hyaluronic acid, a molecule ubiquitous in connective tissues, to reduce the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. These compounds present potential multifaceted translational applications and have been supported by patents. He has also been involved in observational research on osteoporosis and served as the Director of the Kingston Centre of the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMOS).
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